photo: Kory Thiebault *** “There was a period in my life where I got to work with all my heroes. I got to work with Bob Dylan and watch him write. I got to work with Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson, Kris Kristofferson, and Mick and Keith. When I saw what they were doing, it gave […]
In late 2015, Khruangbin seemed to emerge out of nowhere with their full-length Dead Oceans debut, The Universe Smiles Upon You, introducing a national audience to their trademark, psychedelic “Thai-funk” sound. But, in actuality, bassist Laura Lee, guitarist Mark Speer and drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson had already been carefully honing their sound for close to […]
photo: Tobin Voggesse “For our 25th anniversary, we were talking about what we were going to do, and I started making this joke that we should release a greatest hits record. Except I thought we should go in and make new recordings of all of these songs, not just compile the songs from their original […]